*** Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a Bushwick man who vanished more than a week ago.

William Goldstein (above), 39, was reported missing Thursday, a week after he was last seen leaving his home on Cornelia Street near Putnam Avenue.

Goldstein, who is heavily tattooed, was wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue and yellow shirt, blue pants and white sneakers.

*** A man was shot in the leg while sitting on a stoop in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police sources said yesterday.

The 20-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was lounging on the steps outside a Stuyvesant Avenue building near Putnam Avenue when he was ambushed at about 9:40 p.m. Thursday, the sources said.

He told cops he heard three to four shots ring out and tried to duck behind the stairs, but was hit in the leg.

He was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.

*** A gunman shot a man walking out of a store in Brownsville, police sources said yesterday.

The 30-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was coming out of a bodega on Union Street near Ralph Avenue when he was wounded at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, the sources said.

His assailant stepped out of a gold car, pumped a bullet into the man’s knee and fled.

The victim took a cab to the hospital, where staff called police.

*** Two masked men robbed a woman in her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, police sources said yesterday.

The 26-year-old victim heard a knock on her neighbor’s door at 12:55 a.m. Friday, and went into the hallway to see who it was, the sources said.

When she opened her door, she saw two armed men in ski masks and quickly slammed her door, authorities said.

The men then kicked down her door, the sources said.

Once inside her apartment, one of them pushed her up against the wall and snatched her necklace, valued at $150.

He demanded money, but fled with his accomplice when she said she didn’t have any.

THE BRONX

*** Cops have arrested a Georgia man in the fatal shooting of a teenager outside a Highbridge party last week.

Anthony Chatman, 19, allegedly gunned down Anthony Benedith, 16, as the victim got into a livery cab on Walton Avenue near East 165th Street at 3:30 a.m. Aug. 27.

The taxi driver grabbed Benedith, who was shot in the chest, and sped him to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he died two hours later.

Police sources said Chatman shot Benedith, who was a point guard on the legendary inner-city basketball team the Gauchos and dreamed of joining the NBA, over what he perceived as “dirty looks.”

Chatman is charged with murder, authorities said.

*** A gun-toting bandit held up a Castle Hill nail salon, police sources said yesterday.

A man with a white bandana over his face walked into Hong’s Nail Salon on Castle Hill Avenue near Hermany Avenue at about 7:50 p.m. Thursday, the sources said.

He pointed his pistol at workers and took money from the register, authorities said.

He fled after the heist and remains at large.

QUEENS

*** Police are looking for thieves who broke into a Queens Village store, police said yesterday.